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On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Michael Mol wrote: |
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>> So I take a lot of pictures. A *lot* of pictures. Sometimes around |
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>> 500/month, sometimes twice that if I manage to get out more. I've got |
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>> a large number of 'DCIM' directories from different cameras, different |
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>> camera models, etc, going back ten years. Sometimes in JPG, sometimes |
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>> RAW, sometimes both. |
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>> And I've never really managed them well. |
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>> Does anyone have any photo management tool they like? I've got bits of |
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>> Qt and Gtk installed already, and while I'd prefer to avoid pulling in |
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>> a full desktop environment, I might--if the tool is good enough. It |
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>> would have to: |
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>> |
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>> * Handle RAW (via libraw or dcraw is fine), JPEG, PNG[1] and TIFF[1] |
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>> content and metadata |
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>> * Index by metadata, including things like the recording camera's |
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>> serial number[2] |
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>> * Not be destructive, or ambiguous about being destructive, on image |
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>> import. I tried using Amarok to organize my music, which is in similar |
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>> disarray, and I was never sure if it was being destructive about the |
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>> source files/folders. So I made copies. Which ultimately added to the |
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>> disarray. |
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>> |
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>> [1] My postprocessing occasionally winds up in lossless formats like these. |
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>> [2] My fiancee and I have the same model camera, and occasionally need |
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>> to share memory cards, so I'd like to be able to use serial number to |
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>> distinguish whose is whose. |
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>> |
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> |
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> |
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> As someone who also takes a LOT of pictures at times, I don't use |
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> software, I just use directories. Mine starts out like this: Camera |
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> directory > Year > subject matter > image That works for me. I used to |
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> not have the year but that ends up with a LOT of pictures in a |
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> directory. Example of mine as it goes to a actual image: |
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> Camera-pics/2012/New Years/2012-01-05-8.JPG |
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> I have been using gtkam to download my pics for years. Thing is, it has |
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> a bug up its butt and wants to crash at random times, usually when |
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> changing the directories. Anyway, it always crashes before I am done |
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> and lets just say it gets on my freaking nerves. So, I tried digikam. |
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> Well, my camera has multiple directories and for some reason it doesn't |
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> show them all and then duplicates other images to boot. I may have 2 or |
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> 3 copies of the same picture. I have yet to figure out why that is and |
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> google, now startpage, has not helped me either. Maybe I am searching |
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> for the wrong thing? |
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> If you want software to help manage your images, I'd try digikam. If it |
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> works for you and your camera, it should do fine. If you want to go my |
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> route, try gtkam and hope like heck it doesn't crash for you too. Right |
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> now, both of those get on my nerves for different reasons. |
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> Hope that helps and is clearer than mud. Maybe someone will come along |
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> with a better plan for us both too. lol |
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Based on this and other posts in the thread, I'll probably give |
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digikam a try. I did want to clarify one point, though: I don't |
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connect the camera to the computer; I put the SD card into a card |
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reader, and copy from there. |
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